The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is an informative and important report written by one of the best reporters covering events in the Middle East. I reformatted it slightly and highlighted it to emphasize points I think are important. If you find this distracting, this link will take readers to the original. Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of …
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27 maps that explain the crisis in Iraq by Zack Beauchamp, Max Fisher and Dylan Matthews on June 23, 2014 The current Iraq crisis began in early June, when the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which already controls parts of Syria, seized much of northern Iraq, including the major city …
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Break Them Up to Make Them Powerless and Thus Much Easier to Control: Mike Whitney Here’s the key take away from this excellent analysis well worth reading entirely: “What is happening in Iraq today was anticipated in a 2007 Seymour Hersh article titled “The Redirection.” Author Tony Cartalucci gives a great summary of the piece …
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JUNE 16, 2014 Polk Report How to Evolve an Exit Strategy From America’s Foreign Policy Shambles by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY and WILLIAM R. POLK, Counterpunch Attached beneath my introductory comment is an essay by the American historian William R. Polk. His subject is the American predilection for non-learning in foreign policy. My comment is intended …
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The Crucible of Iraq The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq, by Hassan Blasim, is the most important book to come out of the Iraq War. Blasim, whom I met with last week in Princeton, N.J., has a faultless eye for revealing detail, a ribald black humor and a psychological brilliance that makes every story …
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What does it mean when, over a single year, the number of people who come to LibrePlanet more than doubles? It means that the free software movement is strong and growing. It means we have a fighting chance to protect our freedom and privacy in the digital world, and that we are inspiring new people …
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We’re playing around. None of the RSS / curation offerings are satisfactory. As a side note: the President’s Daily Brief (PDB) is Top Secret Limited Distribution and costs roughly 219 million dollars a day and is seen by very few. This daily is free and open to all. Below is a simple Global Reality matrix. …
